Two worlds apart.
He held her frail body tightly, speaking softly into her ear, his eyes seething as though he might die again at any moment and be banished back to that distant Warp.
"Hana Ye, do you still remember the prophecy that Skeleton gave us?"
"He said you'd still be alive a thousand years from now."
"He said you were destined for loneliness."
Lin En still remembered their conversation that day.
He had said he would become stars.
But what were stars?
Something you could see simply by looking up, yet when you reached out, they remained far beyond your grasp.
"I don't know whether your fate has anything to do with me."
Lin En fought against that immense repulsion, his arms wrapped tightly around her shoulders, his gaze cutting through the raging turmoil.
"But I think that even if his words really do come true, that'll be a very, very long time from now."
"And even if you really believe in that fate."
"You have to stay alive for it to happen!"
Lin En spoke into her ear with all his strength.
"Didn't you say you didn't know what the point of living was? Then I'll tell you now: stay alive for me! Because let me tell you, Hana Ye! I'm so damn sick of you. I could've just dumped you and left you to fend for yourself. The only reason I didn't abandon you was because you kept clinging to me!"
"You idiot, you moron, you crybaby!"
"If I'd known you were the King of the Red Moon's vessel, I'd have let you go wherever the hell you wanted! You lousy Cauliflower! Wasting my time and energy! Go die! I don't want you anymore!!"
With that final, furious roar.
Lin En was about to be knocked back